so it’s nearly christmas and i have a real treat for you …. if you feel like really spoiling a friend or perhaps someone from your family treat them to a gorgeous piece of jewellry by the fabulously talented tanya at tlk jewellry..   i had a brilliant time on the shoot we did together recently to showcase her latest collections for her website – stunning jewellry worn by the beautiful JJ Fitch,  oh and lots of loud music and laughs !       have a look at this selection of her work and then go and look at the full collection of gorgeousness at her site  http://www.tlk-jeweller.com/

now click here http://www.tlk-jeweller.com/ and go and treat yourself – you know you want to   x

 C’est l’heure du Salon de la Mariée qui se deroulera sur Annecy du 22 au 23 octobre !      voici juste un petit rappel de pourquoi le salon est si magnifique – ces photos ont été prises pendant les défiles des années precedentes ….

it’s time for the Salon de la Mariée   which is on in Annecy this Saturday and Sunday ( 22nd & 23rd October) – here is a quick reminder of why this show is so gorgeous – these photos were taken during the beautiful catwalk shows over the last couple of years  …  enjoy !

à très bientôt

 yesterday the sun was blazing down and i had a glorious lazy sunny lunch with the very talented vanessa  – creatrice at Bijoux Volutes.  i love going to her boutique, i stand there for ages looking at all the beautiful jewellry that she creates, ‘magicks’ and imagines.  it’s like a sweetie shop where you just want to buy lots and lots and lots and then feel guiltily happy about it all afterwards !    at the start of the year we did a photo shoot with the beautiful charlotte to showcase all the wedding collections for vanessa’s new web site – here are some more shots from that seance.   

now you’ve seen those i know you are dying to visit her site, here you go again www.bijouxvolutes.com …  vanessa can adapt the jewellry to your particular colour scheme so do give her a call or send her an email – and last but not least don’t forget to check out her ‘everyday’ (bright, colourful, original, …. would be more appropriate) jewellry i love it !!!  

i love the ‘Carnaval Vénitien‘ in Annecy – the costumes are so spectacular, so intricate and so colourful that photographing them is just brilliant !    this is the second year i have been along (see here & here ) – the carnaval starts on the friday evening with the ‘costumiers’ parading round the old medieval town of annecy in all their magnificence, then on the saturday and sunday hundreds of them take over the old town and the area down by the beautiful lake.  You can’t help but be amazed and seriously impressed by the amount of work that has gone into the creations which often take the whole year to prepare.  It was extra special this year as i knew some of the participants – though if i’m honest they recognised me rather than the other way round (possibly helped by the fact that i was accompanied by two little girls armed with cameras on their own mission to create "Volume Two" of their "Carnaval Masterpiece").

oh and the other reason it was special ……. it was the very first outing of my new camera !  hope you enjoy these shots ….

 a huge thank you to Marie Christine, Antonio, Corrine and all of the participants for making it such a spectacular sight

and for those of you that are tempted,  next year the

Carnaval Vénitien d’Annecy  is on the   2nd, 3rd & 4th March 2012

PS à tous ceux qui m’ont donné leur carte de visite je ne vous ai pas oublié.

for those of you that follow my facebook page you’ll know that i was very excited the other day as i had a day of shooting lined up for Vanessa at Bijoux Volutes to take the shots for her fabulous new website (coming soon).   the very beautiful model Charlotte was showing the jewellry off to it’s very best, she was brilliant and made it really great fun …

 there will be more shots specifically of the bijoux volutes jewellry soon but i really wanted to show these shots off

  thank you charlotte you were a star !  

at the end of the shoot for Bijoux Volutes, our model of the day, the gorgeous Charlotte was kind enough to let me try out an idea that i have been dying to do since following a creativelive webinar by the brilliant american photographer jeremy cowart.    i love the result i think it’s really funky … please feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think … thanks

a HUGE thank you to charlotte for giving it a go, especially as she thought i was totally mad 

there will be lots more shots of both Charlotte and Vanessa’s stunning jewellry very soon

wow – i’m really thrilled some of my photos from le salon de la mariée in Annecy have been used to illustrate an article about the fabulous dress designer Catherine Maréchal in "actives" magazine january edition.     a big thank you to Catherine & to Pascale Godin the journalist from ‘actives’.

catherine creates these beautiful dresses especially for you, to suit your tastes and your style  – using silks, lace, paper, ribbons, taffetas, …. a unique and special creation for your unique and special day … you can contact her to make an appointment on (00 33) 4 50 95 50 05 or by her website at http://catherinemarechalcreation.blogspot.com/

catherine crée et réalise sur mesure les robes, selon vos goûts, vos envies et votre silhouette utilisant soies, dentelles, papier, rubans, taffetas… tout est permis pour vous créer une tenue unique pour une journée unique…   vous pouvez prendre rendez vous avec elle au 04.50.95.50.05  ou par son site web http://catherinemarechalcreation.blogspot.com/

these are a few shots from the product shoot for Bijoux Volutes for Vanessa’s gorgeous new wedding jewellry site which is going to be up and running early in the new year – how exciting is that !   Her jewellry is just stunning ….

if you are a bride-to-be DO go and have a look at her different ranges of necklaces, bracelets, etc on her site 

and all her jewellry can be adapted to fit your colour theme – how perfect is that !!!    ……..   

….. and if you aren’t a bride to be and just love gorgeous jewellry DO go and have a look at her site too because she does FABULOUS  ‘everyday’ jewellry too

     you can get in touch with her at  …

Bijoux Volutes
9 rue Etroite, 74540 ALBY-sur-Chéran
04 50 66 33 93 (heures bureau / office hours)

www.bijouxvolutes.com
http://bijouxvolutes.canalblog.com/
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000809787930

recemment  j’ai eu l’occasion de travailler sur un projet photo avec la talentueuse vanessa baïetto-renoux, créatrice de bijoux volutes – elle voulait des images de sa nouvelle collection "comme maman" - un collection de bijoux pour le cortège, les enfants, filles et garçons des mariés, pour les demoiselles d’honneur et toute personne qui sera ainsi en accord parfait avec la mariée !    son site est un "must" pour toute future mariée – tous ses bijoux sont fabriqués par ses soins dans son adorable boutique dans le magnifique village médievale de alby-sur-cheran (74). 

… n’hésitez pas à visiter son site web www.bijouxvolutes.com car elle a plusieurs collections avec un très grand choix de parures pour se sentir belle tous les jours – personellement j’adore la collection acidulés - à visiter !!! 

recently i was lucky enough to work with the wonderful and very talented vanessa baïetto-renoux of bijoux volutes for this product shoot for the new wedding season – she creates gorgeous costume jewellry for brides ….   necklaces, bracelets, hair decorations, earrings, rings, …. beautiful beautiful products – do go and have a look at her site, or even better visit her gorgeous shop in Alby sur Cheran here in Haute Savoie.   this range is for the children of the wedding party so that they can wear the same gorgeous creations as the grown ups … it’s called  "comme maman". 

 … just in case you are feeling left out … don’t … she has gorgeous collections of beautiful coloured and textured wonders for ‘everyday’ wear  (i love the acidulée’ range !) … and i know for a fact she speaks great english so do go and have a look and if you are tempted, and lets face it who wouldn’t be, drop her an email to  vanessa@bijouxvolutes.com   -  go on treat yourself    x

Vanessa Renoux,

Bijoux Volutes,
9 rue Etroite,

74540 ALBY-sur-CHERAN

vanessa@bijouxvolutes.com

tel : 04 50 66 33 93  (heures bureau et samedi)

well i can’t resist another quick post of some of the images i took at the venetien carnival in annecy.  i had an amazing time both on the evening and the following day at the carnival and chatted to quite a few of the "costumiers" parading, (walking doesn’t seem a grand enough term), around in their finery.  they told me that they can spend a whole year creating these beautiful, beautiful costumes – the attention to detail is stunning.   whilst creating a gallery for the stars of the show i realised just how many of my favorite shots i had left out….

if you are near annecy 2 weekends after mardi gras (so around 20th March 2011) it really is worth the trip and the ‘costumiers’ parade round the old town of annecy for three days

i can’t wait for next year   x